Featured: 5-6-2013 NEA Academy [PD]

NEA Academy is an interactive learning environment providing practical online courses to meet professional development and continuing education needs.

NEA Academy offers online continuing education and Master’s degrees that fit your budget, schedule, and needs. Based on your individual preferences, NEA Academy will provide content recommendations, course alerts, and additional material of specific interest to you.

 

The content of NEA Academy is peer approved. Material meets quality standards determined by NEA members. Video clips feature actual classroom teachers who demonstrate different ways to use the strategies you learn.

NEA Academy provides more than 40 degree programs with hundreds of courses, many in areas of high need such as special education, math, science, reading, technology, instructional design, and ELL.

NEA Academy tries to negotiate reduced rates for members. Master’s degrees, some from top universities, are discounted 5-20%. Some NEA-produced courses are totally free to members.

Watch a video: Welcome to the NEA Academy

With basic computer skills, time to devote to the class, and a computer with Internet access equal to the minimum requirements listed for the course, NEA Academy lets you learn at your own pace in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

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The Rearview Mirror 5-4-2013

For those of you who may have missed an EDge21 featured post or who didn't have the opportunity to look at some of them during this past week, here's a second chance.

Monday

The Autodesk 123D family of apps makes it possible for users to design, make, and share 3D projects on the web, using a computer, or with an iPad.

Tuesday

InfuseLearning provides a platform by which teachers can easily engage every student in real-time on almost any device.

Wednesday

ReadWriteThink's Word Mover is a free iPad app that can be used to supplement and reinforce classroom instruction and promote increased student engagement through the use of modern technology.

Thursday

Trace Effects is a collaborative English language video game for learning American English and culture through puzzles, games, and adventures in an interactive world.

Extra: Generated Paper Features Over 40 Specialty Paper Templates

Print over 40 types of specialty papers at Generated Paper. Find PDF templates for ruled paper, graph paper, business cards, music sheets, and more, all completely free.

 

All the templates at Generated Paper are high quality blackline PDFs designed to print with less ink. You can use them as is, modify them to suit your needs, and share them.

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Featured: 5-2-2013 Trace Effects [English]

Trace Effects is a collaborative English language video game for learning American English and culture through puzzles, games, and adventures in an interactive world.

This language-learning video game will complement classroom English language instruction through interactive 3D multimedia learning adventures. Trace Effects is intended for players aged 12-16 who are not native English speakers.

The main character, Trace, is a university student from the year 2045 who has accidentally traveled back in time to the present. In order to get back, Trace must complete a challenging mission to change the future for the better by helping six different young people accomplish great things and have a positive impact on the future.

Learners interact and solve puzzles in a virtual world populated with diverse English-speaking characters. Players take a dynamic journey through the US, traveling to a variety of locations.

Trace Effects exposes young people to American society and explores themes related to entrepreneurship, community activism, empowering women, science and innovation, environmental conservation, and conflict resolution.

Watch the Trace Effects trailer

Trace Effects is produced by the US Department of State.

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Featured: 5-1-2013 Word Mover [Language Arts]

ReadWriteThink's Word Mover is a free iPad app that can be used to supplement and reinforce classroom instruction and promote increased student engagement through the use of modern technology.

Word Mover allows kids to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works. Users can also add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving and manipulating the text.

Features of Word Mover:

• Multi-user poem storage.

• User management with the ability to delete or restore.

• Six poem categories, each with the ability to personalize.

• Twelve backgrounds for stylizing poems.

• Helpful how-to information.

• Auto-saving of poems.

• Viewing of finished poems for proofreading.

• Save poems as images.

• Print poems to a wireless printer.

• Share poems by e-mail.

Word Mover aims to add creativity and fun to the learning process. ReadWriteThink offers a library of lessons that incorporate Word Mover. See them here.

Watch a video demo of Word Mover

Word Mover is compatible with iPad (iOS 4.3 or later) and is available on the iTunes App Store from the National Council of Teachers of English.

A note on privacy: Your poems are private unless you decide to share them by e-mail. This app does not store any personal information.

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